Too much sleep may lead to early death
Weekend Plus Desk :hile we have a tendency to stay tucked in under our blankets during the winter months, turns out it might not be a good thing healthwise. According to a new global...
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My Mother : My Heaven
Professor Dr Anwarul Karim :ecently Abdul Muqit Chowdhury, a noted poet and journalist, came to see me at my residence in Banani, Dhaka. During his stay, our discussion centered round various topics including Kazi...
My Mother : My Heaven
Contd from Page 8 :“There was a bush near our house. A mother bird used to stay there with her chicks. They wanted to fly early before they attained maturity. The mother bird used...
You’re turning into your parents
Weekend Plus Desk :ith so many family gatherings this time of year, many of us notice that our siblings are turning into our parents, and some of our partners’ and friends’ kids are turning...
An egg a day may keep diabetes away
Weekend Plus Desk :ating an egg daily can have a beneficial effect on the blood metabolite profile that is related to a lower risk of Type-2 diabetes, a new study shows.The findings showed that...
Poet Jasim Uddin: An analysis
Dr Forqan Uddin Ahmed :oet Jasim Uddin was respected in terms of poetic analyses and literary judgment. His writings came to us with the prospects he had earned. Considering the importance of attaining, standard...
New Year in English poetry
Sufian Raihan :n the history of civilization, people had to struggle in different backgrounds in different ages. The history of this struggle is the true calendar of human civilization. In a special case, when...
POEM: Three Poems
-M Mizanur Rahman CapitalYour capital is neither money nor property-making machine though you talk mostly in that term.And for that you do much more harm to your real capital human beings. ServiceDon’t hate the one...
Mohammad Nasiruddin
M Nurul Quiyum :ohammad Nasiruddin (1888-1994) was a journalist and liberal thinker. He had little formal education. But through private studies and interactions he became an outstanding reformist intellectual of the Muslim society of...
POEM: If I were
-Nuron Nahar Sila If I were a bird I fly in the sky.If I were a flowerI give sweet smell to all.If I were a treeI give fruits to all.If I were a river...
Linguist Golam Maksud Hilali
Tasiqul Islam :olam Maksud Hilali (1900-1961) educationist, linguist and litterateur, was born on 30 November 1900 at Fulbari in Sirajganj. He obtained his MA in Persian (1924) and in Arabic (1932), BL (1927) and...
Try the Japanese art of Kintsugi and learn how to embrace imperfections
Weekend Plus Desk :intsugi, an art form that the people in Japan follow, is an unusually beautiful practice in which they repair broken pottery pieces and put them back together, lending it a unique...